Good news, the ortho team took several x-rays of her left femur fracture. It has made good progress towards knitting back together. They said that we can start to take off the immobilizer and only use it for turns and transfers. We can start to slowly bend her knee. In about 2 more weeks we should be able to transfer without the brace.
The medical team increased her pedialyte to 10 mls an hour. She is doing well with it so far. However, there is a general feeling with the team members that she will be limited in her progress. They really want to get her back on enteral medications and off of the IV ones. The conversation I had with the new attending this afternoon left me fretful about where this is heading. Big picture though, we just want to get her to a comfortable, happy place in her body. Even if it means under hydrated and under nourished. :( It is painful to consider what this all means. For today though, we have the win of tolerating some amount of pedialyte.
Ed was able to do the first trach change training today. Ed’s Mom and my niece Angelique did trach care training. We are slowly making our way through the training sessions. Aimee did amazing with it all. She is definitely becoming less reactive to the trach handling and care.
Praying for beautiful Aimee and your family. I check in every day to read about how she is doing. I am so glad she is having some better days. Sending you hugs, friend 💗
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